Edward b



E. R. SNYDER.

SHINGLE. APPL|CATION FILED MAR. 13. I922.

Reissued May 9, 1922.

raga.

ATTORNE Y 1 UNITE nn'wm n SNYDER, or cannon-N As'smnonjmom 3mm.

., .oomamnn conronano rorrmw JERSEY. 1 a

i I L snlnqiink 15,352. n i i m' i 3 t t Reissued'May- 9, 1-922.

, Drig'inal no. 1,385,800, dated J'anuary'IS, ,1921, Serial no.mecca-al a 111710; 1 91s. Aj ummn. for j reissue filed March 13, 1922. 'Serial"I Io. 543,509.

To allwhom it may concern: plastic material ext 'nding only as far as the Be it known that I, ED ARD R. SNYDER, a W a -r sisting materialcitizen of the United States, residing at F ig. 3 is a plan view of the shingle; and

East 'Orange, in the county oi" Essex and j Fig. 4 is a viewin'dicating'the 'relation of 5 State of New Jersey, have 'inv entedjcertain Several shingles to-each'other when applied new and useful Improvements in Shingles, to. aroof, l l of which the following is a specification; On the drawings, elch r Thisinventionrelates to an improvement designates a base if Saturated-felt t which V y in roofing materials and is directed -more 00atings 2 of plastic material are applied.

'- 1 0 especially'to the class of roofings which are he fel bas may be made and saturated by 'formed from a felt base that has, been satany of the usual methods of mannf acture urated with 'a waterproofing material and now commonly in use, using as thesaturant coated with a wear-resisting coating matetar, flux oil, or any other-suitable saturant. rial.- v v i; The coatings of plastic "material-2 may be J A obj ti t molfings f thi glass h pitch as halt or any other suitable coating been that they give to the roof to which they ma rlal known to those skilled in the art,

are applied an appearance of cheapness on n 'i maybe appli in ny f he Well account of their sameness and uniformityr Il ways. V Difi'erent expedients' have been adopted in, Instead Of e ting-be g app d"t0-- V 2 0 the attempt to make'such roofs simulate the the n re Su faoe of both sides of the'shinappearance of wood shingle or tile roofs, gle,"it may be applied to both sides of'only 1 such as variegated colors of the wear-resist- P 11 11 0f the shingle as indicated i Fig. v7 5 j in materials, depressions to give shadow 2. To the co ng alalfe appliedlayefl aots, and notches to relieve the monotony. 's 3 an 3' Of pebbles, or crushed stone,'or By this presentinvention a shingle of ex flushed e, other ar-resi t ng mate? cellent wearing qualities is obtained which 9 are being taken that .the material 211 may be applied to a roof to givethe'desir d plied to one side shall be of one'color and 80'. appearance of a'roof havinga uniform color h t apphed t0 the other s'ideof a difl'erent or a roof having difierent colors alternating 00101 or quality. wAny-ofthe'old and We or distributed so as to present a pleasing. known methods of pply-mg the layers'of ap g I v crushed stone,etc., may be employed. The n practicing this invention an ordinary layers hould be applied to substantially' 85 l a saturated felt base shingle is coated with a half of thesurface of the'fshmgle on, bothsuitable coating such as asphalt, alayerof Sides, and the Portions P V TQd 0n hew?!) wear-resisting material such as crushed sldes should be substantially co-extenslve.

stone of one color is applied to one side for f Fig. 4 .ind cateshow theishinglesmayb about one-half of the length of the'shingle, applied insuccess Courses w h Q 9-0 and a layer. of Wear-resisting material of aing 3 of one colorv exposed in one-course and difl'erent color or quality is applied tothe ,thecOating 3'. of another color exposed 40 opposite sidegof the shingle throughout sub the next course and so on, alternating -over the weather.

I stood from the accompanying drawings in'the discretioni-ofthe user.

stantially the same extent as the first layer,- the entire roof. It will be obvious that ther] thus obtaining a shingle which is-thicker at shingles maybe laid WIth-all of the exposed one and than at the other, having portions surfaces ofthe same color, or: may belaid of diiferent colors which may be exposed to With the colors alternating 1n. the same course, or anynther'arrangemcnt of-the re- The inventionwill be more clearly underlations of he-colo'rsmay'be adopted within A .-'which U It will thus be obvious] that with this-in- 3 Fig. 1 represents a side-view of a shingle vention- -poss1b1e toob ta n a variety of 50 covered on both sides with plastic material eflects simply'by a choloe, of the way in and having layers 'oi wear-resistingmatewhich the slung es are turned as theyiare lied to a rtion of the same. i l'ail-. ,even'though each] shingle like the'lea .ri si gg is a view i imilar to Fig; l, with t thrg; Th s obvlates the necessity for the purchaser procure a of two! or more difl'erent sorts ofshingles in order to.

., procure a variegated color s'cheme'fpfor'his It will also be seen' that the thiclrnessof y I the .felt base 1 together with two layers 2 of -'pl,ast i c. material and the two layers 3 and 3'. f 'of we'ar-resisting material "will produce a shingle of'considerable thickness at one end, thusrelieving the flat appearance whenapplied to a roof'or the side of a wall." The shingles willbe. laid with the wear-resisting portions slightly overlapping,thus leaving onl the colored ortions exposed. t is 'preferab e to use materials whic difl'er naturally in color, such, for example,

" as slate and limestone, as the wear resisting materials for the two respective sides of the shingles, although materials which have satisfactory beenartificially colored may. beused with esults provided a they retain their colors permanently.

as appliedto a single shingle, it is to be certain advantages to strips of roofing mate- While thisinvention has been described understood that it maybe also applied with rial which are slotted on one edge for some distance to} resemble a seriesof shingles;

.The expression shingle asused. in the claims is intendedto include a strip of roofing material, which may consist of: one shins glefora number of shingles integrally convnectE'lfil'toeach'o'ther.

1. A shingle" ofthe classdescribed having one end only covered on'one side with a 'wear-reslstlng material, and covered on the other. side of the same-"end with a different sort of vc' e ard'esistii1g material.

2. A shin 1c of the 'classdescribedi having substantially half of one side covered with; J a, .wear resisting material "and having the. ff corresponding portion of the. other side coveredjwith a difi'erent sort ,bf' wear-resisting "material." v A shingle 1 1 s end -=free colors. 7

otherf end being determinedby the thick,-

" r coating inaterialfljad two layers-of wear resisting mater al, said layers of wear-resisting n aterials' disposed onv'opposite. sidesjoi thexfelt base.'"- 5. A: hingle qtthe class described, one

' "enaefwhich compr e a felt bwsetheother end ofiwhich comprises a ieltbase, a "layer of; plastic" material on each side of the felt base and layers of wear-resisting material H 10. A shingle-of the class: described, harwear-resisting material.

- stantiallythickerat one end than at the other and havlng a wear-resisting surface of slate of; the'class described having or stone: ran'ulesof one color on one side of v jrom wear-resisting material] --and thetwo sldes of the other. cnd covered] rwithweareresisting material of difi'erent .5 .4; shingle of thei'classdescribed; the I thickhessof one end of 'which is determined .by'the thicknessof' the saturated felt base usedlin itsmanufacture,thethicknessofthe l V v I a Lncss of the-Ifelthase, two layers of plastic other" side.

shingle, of which the end to be exposed tothe weatheris substantially thicker than the othe'rend, the said thicker-end having gran; ules of mineralmatter onboth sides of said i r of sweet applied a) .the plastic layers." j I 6. A shingle of the class described, having both sides-of one end; covered with. 1ayers of wear-resistingmaterial, said covered end beiing appreciably. thicker than .the other" en.

' 7'.- A' shingle ofthe class describedyhavin'g 3 thetwo respectivesides of one end'covered with layers of wear -resisting-materia-l of different colors, said coveredend being appre ciably thicker than the other end.

8. A shingle of the class. described; having one end coveredon oneside with a wearresisting materlal of one color and covered on the other side of the same end with wear- ;resisting material of a" different color, said covered end being appreciably thicker than the othe r end. e I

9. A hingle of the class. described, having substantially halfof one side covered with wear-resisting material of one color and. having the corresponding portion of "the other side covered with wear-resisting material. of a different, color. l

ing one end covered on one side with a wearresisting. material, and covered on a portion of the other side with a different .sort of f 11; A shingle of the filfl 'dcscribed, hav ing; one end covered o'n one side with amineral Wear-resistingmateriah and covered on the other side of the same end with a -wearresistingmaterial of aKdiiferentcoI r; said covered end being appreciably thicker the other end. W a v 12. A shinglegof the-class described, sub,- 'stantially. thicker at one end than at the other'and having a wear-resisting;- surface of granules of one color on one side of said thicker end and granules of. another. color on the other sideof said end.

13.:A shingle of the classldescribed, subsaid thic er'end and slate or stone granules of another color on the other side-of said" .endp t 14. AT prepared roofing mineral? surfaced.

shingle, of which the end jto be exposed to the weather is substantially thicker than the other end, thesaid thicker end having granules of slate or' the like of one'color. onone 'side'andgranules of a differentcoloron the 1 15. A prepared roofing mineralsurfa d" end;

- In testimon whereof I aflix m si ature. a -EDWaRD R. siwhisn. 

